Fifty years after the 1976 military coup, Argentina has witnessed massive mobilisations, particularly on March 24 this year, which brought together youth, workers, and social movements in one of the most significant political moments in recent years. These protests have unfolded amid deepening economic crisis, growing social unrest, and the controversial policies of the government of Javier Milei. The strong participation of young activists has been especially notable, reflecting a broader (…)

Dirigeant tatar du communisme musulman de la première heure, Mirsaid Sultan Galiev (1892-1940) distingue dans ce texte de décembre 1921 la propagande antireligieuse de la lutte contre la religion, qu'il repousse comme arme missionnariste. Son argumentation rejoint celle de Lénine sur l'islam comme religion d'une nationalité opprimée : il ne peut être affaibli, soutient-il, que par l'exemple vivant, l'élévation culturelle et l'intégration civique des musulmans à la République soviétique. (…)

Writing in the wake of the US–Israeli war on Iran and amid the unravelling of Donald Trump's tariff blitzkrieg, Andrea Ferrario asks whether there are grounds for optimism in the present world conjuncture. His answer is yes, and he builds it in two movements. First, the three great powers are each caught in their own trap: Russia's four-year failure to subjugate Ukraine; Trump's retreat before the economic damage of his tariffs and the Minneapolis popular resistance that forced ICE to (…)

Six months after the October 2025 parliamentary elections brought Andrej Babiš's ANO back to power in coalition with the far-right Motorists for Themselves (Motoristé sobě) and the xenophobic Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), the contours of the new government's euro-trumpist project are becoming visible. Writing in Deník Alarm, Pavel Šplíchal examines what is happening inside the Ministry of the Environment now that the Motorists control it. The dismantling under way --- arbitrary (…)

A hunger strike by Lithuanian television workers outside the broadcasting headquarters occupied by Soviet troops in January 1991 becomes, in Karolis Kaupinis's second feature Hunger Strike Breakfast, an anatomy of selfishness, cowardice and the limits of solidarity. Czech film critic Martin Pleštil contrasts the film works to Jiří Mádl's 2024 Czech blockbuster Vlny (Waves), which turned the 1968 occupation of Czechoslovak Radio into a story of collective heroism. Where Mádl reaches for (…)